05 Apr

52/365 – “Habemus Papam” nr.24, a photo by Luca Rossini on Flickr. Sony RX1, 35mm f2 Carl Zeiss ISO100, f/3.2, 1/160, raw Most of the fuss about the new Pope and the old one may now be fading-out, but surely the hundreds of tourists constantly queuing to get in Saint Peter’s basilica are still there, […]

04 Apr

51/365 – “Habemus Papam” nr.23, a photo by Luca Rossini on Flickr. The show must go off. It has to. This square, this city, cannot become a permanent stage for a political/religious event centred around Pope Francesco. Probably someones wish it could, but for the rest of the Roman citizens, and for the majority of […]

03 Apr

50/365 – “Habemus Papam” nr.22, a photo by Luca Rossini on Flickr. Sony RX1, 35mm f2 Carl Zeiss ISO100, f/5, 1/200, raw At his already second “Wednesday General Audience”, Pope Francesco used again the Papa-Mobil to drive through the crowd that, as usual, gathered to see him. Fifty thousand people, quite less than at each […]

02 Apr

49/365 – “Habemus Papam” nr.21, a photo by Luca Rossini on Flickr. Sony RX1, 35mm f2 Carl Zeiss ISO100, f/4, 1/2000, raw New souvenirs arrive every day, here in the shops around Saint Peter’s basilica. New postcards, new posters, new magnets, and, now, new t-shirts. I have to admit that this is the first time […]

01 Apr

48/365 – “Habemus Papam” nr.20, a photo by Luca Rossini on Flickr. Sony RX1, 35mm f2 Carl Zeiss ISO100, f/4, 1/3200, raw More than a million of people between devoted, pilgrims, tourists and curious have visited Saint Peter’s square in the last twenty days. It is an enormous number (higher than the whole population in […]

31 Mar

47/365 – “Habemus Papam” nr.19, a photo by Luca Rossini on Flickr. Sony RX1, 35mm f2 Carl Zeiss ISO100, f/4, 1/3200, raw “Animals greet you, Pope Francesco”. The new Pope keeps working as an attractor of renewing (if not revolutionary) forces, and Saint Peter’s square as the stage where these forces have a chance to […]

30 Mar

46/365 – “Habemus Papam” nr.18, a photo by Luca Rossini on Flickr. Sony RX1, 35mm f2 Carl Zeiss ISO2500, f/2, 1/80, raw Thousands of people gathered under and around the colosseum for the annual Via Crucis (the Way of the Cross), the first one celebrated by Pope Francesco. I’m amazed by the amount of people, […]

29 Mar

45/365 – “Habemus Papam” nr.17, a photo by Luca Rossini on Flickr. Sony RX1, 35mm f2 Carl Zeiss ISO100, f/4, 1/640, raw For the “open air Mess” of the pontiff inauguration of the last 18th of March, the whole Saint Peter’s square has been set up so to allow the crowd to stay safely and […]

28 Mar

44/365 – “Habemus Papam” nr.16, a photo by Luca Rossini on Flickr. Sony RX1, 35mm f2 Carl Zeiss ISO100, f/3.2, 1/160, raw Weather talking, this has been a really shitty March here in Rome. We’ve got a few glimpses of Spring, with days at twenty celsius degrees, but for the rest of the month it […]

27 Mar

43/365 – “Habemus Papam” nr.15, a photo by Luca Rossini on Flickr. Sony RX1, 35mm f2 Carl Zeiss ISO100, f/5.6, 1/500, raw These days it is full of security around Saint Peter’s square. When there’s any event, which gathers tens of thousands of people, the police uses metal detectors and other techie stuff to check […]